James kershaw



(No Model.)

J. KERSHAW. SPRING BUTTON PASTENER FOR GLOVES, &c.

No. 417,191. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.. HQ. 2. 5c. 5.

5 '50.? K a -Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KERSHAIV, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SPRING BUTTON-FASTENER FOR GLOVES, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,191, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed July 10, 1889. Serial No.317,015. (No model.) Patented in England May 22, 1889, No. 8,490.

in ct whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES KERSHAW, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 97 \Vood Street, in the city of London, England, have invented an Improved Construotion of Spring Button Fasteners for Gloves, Boots, Purses, Pocket-Books, Umbrellas, and other Articles, (patented in Great Britain, No. 8,400, dated May 22, 1889,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is a novel construction of spring button-fasteners for gloves, boots, and other articles, and belongs to that class or description of fasteners, broughtinto use within the last few years, which have the advantage of dispcnsin g with the button-hole, and it is based on the principle of a split spherical button capable of being contracted while being pushed into an eyelet, and held therein by reason of its expansive action when forced far enough into the eyelet.

My invention consists, essentially, in a button-fastening comprising a plate having two base-wings and two other wings bent up toward each other and provided with spherical protuberances, a base-plate having a conical or cone ring and an eyelet for clamping the conical or cone ring and the said basewings to a glove, shoe, or other article, as more fully described hereinafter, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional view of the buttonfastener. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the plate to comprise the button-head. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same, showing the wings bent to form the spherical head. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the eyelet for securing the buttonhead and the base-plate to the glove or other object. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the button-head and baseplate united together. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the socket with which the button-head engages; Fig. 10, a bottom planview of the same, and Fig. 11 is a detail side View of the eyelet section of the socket.

In the drawings, as shown, the button-head proper is made from a plate of metal, comprising four wings, two base-wings h b, and two other wingsa d, all cut or stamped out of sheet metal, the wings a being formed with spherical protuberances. The two parts at (1 are then bent upward, as at Figs. 4 and 5, and the two wings I) Z) and their connecting portion arched, as shown in the elevation, Fig. 4E. The piece of metal thus prepared has its wings I) I) inserted into its base 0, and when it has to be fixed to the glove or other article a cone ring or washer c is inserted into the base, and then an eyelet d is passed through a hole in the leather to which this part of the button has to be attached, the flange of the eyelet and the cone-washer 0 being pressed into the leather of the glove or other article which is between them. This pressure tends to spread out the lower flange (1 of the eyelet d (see Fig. 6) against the cone-washer c, to lock the parts and the leather firmly together.

Figs. 7 and 8 show in elevation and in plan the. button placed temporarily in its base. It then only requires the eyelet which is to c011- nect them permanently and the cone-washer c, to affix them to the glove or other article by the aid of a suitable tool, not necessary to herein exhibit.

The socket is composed of a cap 70, (shown separately in elevation, Fig. 9,) inclosing a washer m and a gutter-shaped ring n, in which cap, at the time of affixing the socket, the eyelet Zis inserted, (shown in Figs. 10 and 11,) this eyelet resting against the washer 9%, (shown in the section, Fig. 1,) and with its flange against the leather, to which it is attached by pressure. The object of inserting the washer at between the cap and the eyelet is not only to strengthen or consolidate the socket, but also to exert a tightening action, which insures the nip and hold on the button in spite of the movements of the wrist tending to force the button and cap apart and unfasten them.

I am aware that split and other shaped bulbs or spheres have been used as part of a glove or like fastener; but these have been made with a flange for sewing or riveting directly onto the glove or other article; therefore I make no claim to the use of such spheres,

except when the wings I) are arched and employed in combination with the base 0, conewasher c, and eyelet (Z, for the purpose described.

I claim A member of a button-fastening, comprising the plate having base-Wings b and two wings a, bent up toward each other and provided with spherical protuberances, the baseplate 0, having the cone-rin g c, and the eyelet (1,101' clamping the cone-ring and base-Wings t0 the glove or other article, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereto signed my name, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 29th day of May, 1889.

JAMES KERSHAVV.

\Vitnesses:

ToB. G. RIDGWAY, Not. Pull, 19 Change Alley, London, E. O.

FRED DAHM, 19 Change Alley, London, E. C. 

